appended, the total error count and the first error. The error field given
in the stats is the first error that was hit during the run.
+ Note: a write error from the device may go unnoticed by fio when using
+ buffered IO, as the write() (or similar) system call merely dirties the
+ kernel pages, unless :option:`sync` or :option:`direct` is used. Device IO
+ errors occur when the dirty data is actually written out to disk. If fully
+ sync writes aren't desirable, :option:`fsync` or :option:`fdatasync` can be
+ used as well. This is specific to writes, as reads are always synchronous.
+
The allowed values are:
**none**
completed. If this option is used, there are two more stats that are
appended, the total error count and the first error. The error field given
in the stats is the first error that was hit during the run.
+.RS
+.P
+Note: a write error from the device may go unnoticed by fio when using buffered
+IO, as the write() (or similar) system call merely dirties the kernel pages,
+unless `sync' or `direct' is used. Device IO errors occur when the dirty data is
+actually written out to disk. If fully sync writes aren't desirable, `fsync' or
+`fdatasync' can be used as well. This is specific to writes, as reads are always
+synchronous.
+.RS
+.P
The allowed values are:
.RS
.RS